The men's double trap competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 20 September. Home shooter Russell Mark set a new Olympic record in the qualification round and was close to defending his inaugural double trap title from Atlanta, but lost the gold medal shoot-off to Richard Faulds. Fehaid Al Deehani won the first Olympic medal ever for Kuwait.
Records The existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification round The qualification round consisted of 25 doubles in the A programme, 25 in the B programme, and 25 in the C programme.
RankAthleteCountryABCTotalShoot-offNotes1Russell Mark465047143 Q OR2Fehaid Al Deehani464847141 Q3Conny Persson464946141 Q4Richard Faulds484845141 Q5Roland Gerebics474746140 Q6Lance Bade4542491362Q7Waldemar Schanz45464513618Marco Innocenti464346135 9Michael Diamond444645135 10Mashfi Al-Mutairi454544134 10Raimo Kauppila464741134 12Walton Eller454246133 12William Keever434347133 14Aleksey Alipov454640131 14Jean-Paul Gros444443131 16Jiři Gach464341130 17Daniele Di Spigno414741129 17Sergio Piñero434244129 19Li Bo394544128 20Ayman Mazhar414044125 21Oğuzhan Tüzün394243124 22Michel Daou364342121 23Ahmed Al Maktoum354144120 23Danilo Caro344145120 25Des Coe404137118 OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final
Final The final repeated the C programme for the top six competitors.
RankAthleteQualFinalTotalShoot-off14146187314344187214145186414143184514040180613643179
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